What We Offer

The NISEA Programme Ecosystem

From campus hackathons to national awards, NISEA offers a structured pathway for every stage of your entrepreneurial journey — from first idea to fully funded venture.

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Campus Layer

Community Programmes

Delivered through campus chapters across Nigeria, these programmes form the grassroots foundation of NISEA's ecosystem.

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Campus Programme

Startup Hack

A 48-hour intensive ideation and prototyping hackathon held at campus chapters. Students form teams, identify problems, and build working solutions.

Team-based problem solving
48-hour build sprint
Mentors on standby
Winners fast-tracked to national programmes
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Campus Programme

Pitch & Demo Day

A monthly campus event where student entrepreneurs pitch their ideas and businesses to a live audience of peers, alumni, and industry professionals.

3-minute pitches
Q&A panel feedback
Live audience voting
Networking reception
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Campus Programme

Startup Garage

A semester-long co-working and co-learning programme with weekly check-ins, workshops, and mentor sessions for selected student founders.

Semester-long cohort
Weekly structured sessions
Peer accountability
Demo at semester end
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Campus Programme

Startup Unwind

A quarterly social mixer bringing together student entrepreneurs across the chapter for networking, storytelling, and informal knowledge-sharing.

Quarterly social event
Founder stories & panels
Cross-campus networking
No agenda — just community
National Layer

National Programmes

NISEA's flagship national programmes offer recognition, funding, incubation, and community at scale — bringing the ecosystem together annually.

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Flagship Programme

NISEAwards

Nigeria's most prestigious student entrepreneurship recognition programme. Applications → Incubation → Public Voting → Live Pitching → Grand Finale. ₦1,000,000 in prizes across 6 categories.

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Applications
Jan – Feb 2026
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Incubation
March 2026
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Public Voting
April 2026
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Grand Finale
May 30, 2026
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National Programme

Grant Programme

NISEA's funding support programme for Founder-tier members. Access micro-grants, partner fund referrals, and structured grant application support.

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National Programme

Incubation Programme

The Enterprise Basics Scholarship — a free intensive online incubation programme covering business model validation, pitch skills, and market research.

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Annual Event

National Summit

NISEA's annual gathering of student entrepreneurs, founders, investors, and industry leaders — a full-day conference culminating in the NISEAwards Grand Finale.

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Your Path

The Founder Journey

How NISEA programmes connect to guide you from first idea to funded venture.

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Join
Any Campus Programme
Become a member — free on Seed tier
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Build
Startup Hack / Pitch Day
Hackathons, pitch days, workshops
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Apply
NISEAwards
Submit your business for recognition
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Incubate
Incubation Programme
Enterprise Basics Scholarship access
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Scale
Grant Programme
Grants, investors, national recognition